Six survivors of development limbo

Bad games. We’ve seen plenty since this site started in 2001, but in this day and age of big budgets and high expectations they’ve started to become few and far between. Godzilla on PS4 was the most recent, and it’s fair to say that many were surprised by how awful it was. We’ve come to …

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Ride to Hell: Retribution – Review

We hope that in years to come somebody gets the scoop on how Ride to Hell came to be. No developer intentionally sets out to make a bad game, after all. It was first announced in 2008 as an open-world affair, with the first trailer reporting a 2009 release. That proposed release date came and …

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Nintendo’s 3DS tag-team climbs the chart

The Last of Us celebrates a deserved 5th week on top of the UK top 40 this week. Nintendo has a reason for celebration too – Animal Crossing: New Leaf and new entry Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. are at #2 and #3 respectively. Now that’s a dream team. FIFA 13 and Minecraft: Xbox …

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The Last of Us is first to four

In a quiet week for the UK chart, The Last Of Us becomes the first game this year to take the top spot for four consecutive weeks. So well done to all involved. Minecraft holds steady at #2, then it’s FIFA 13 up a place at #3 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf down a place …

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Minecraft blocked by The Last of Us

With a third week at the top of the UK chart, the public evidently loves The Last of Us as much as the critics. That means the Xbox 360 retail release of Minecraft misses out on the top spot, but #2 isn’t a bad start. Animal Crossing: New Leaf and FIFA 13 each drop a …

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A busy week for two-wheeled racers

Three. That’s how many of this week’s new releases are based around bikes, and each is different in their own little way. MotoGP 13 may seem like an acquired taste, but Eurogamer’s review makes it sound like a taste worth acquiring. They handed out a resounding 8/10 yesterday, claiming to to be a “lean, scrappy …

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